humongous

comparative more humongous · superlative most humongous · alternative humungous

1. informalOf an extremely large size.

   Solomon had pulled this humongous fish that was bigger than anything weʼd ever seen.

   2015, Chigozie Obioma, The Fishermen, ONE, page 19

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   Other students make wide detours to avoid the humiliation and fear of being chased and attacked by the humongous numbers of bees in front of Atkinson.

   1964 May 29, The Colonnade

   “Thumbs!” ordered Mr Big. “Do your worst with the boy!” Frank looked on in terror as the man bent back his humongous Thumbs, ready to cause damage. CLICK! CLICK! The henchman pressed them hard into the boy’s ears. Frank felt like his brain was going to burst. “ARGH!” he screamed.

   2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], “Bursting a Brain”, in Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN, page 238

   Synonyms: enormous, gigantic, ginormous, huge, immense, massive, ample, big